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Westby, Montana: commercial real estate data.
Westby is a Census town of 290 people across 0.56 square miles of land, in Sheridan County. Median household income is $32,500, 89.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $175,000 since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Westby
What Westby is
- Census place typetown
- Land area0.56 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land516 plus or minus 144
- County holding the largest share of its areaSheridan County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Westby
How many people live in Westby
- Population290 plus or minus 81
- Median age53.3
- Population under 1853 plus or minus 21
- Share under 1818.3 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Population 65 and over52 plus or minus 21
- Share 65 and over17.9 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Households104 plus or minus 29
- Family households53 plus or minus 16
- Share of households that are families51.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Westby
- Median household income$32,500 plus or minus $22,154
- Per capita income$31,981 plus or minus $7,204
- Civilian labor force140 plus or minus 70
- Employed136 plus or minus 71
- Unemployed4 plus or minus 5
- Unemployment rate2.9 percent plus or minus 3.3
- Adults 25 and over228 plus or minus 74
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.5 percent plus or minus 38.9
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher18.0 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.5 percent plus or minus 5.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Westby
- Housing units147 plus or minus 30
- Occupied units104 plus or minus 29
- Vacant units43 plus or minus 18
- Vacancy rate29.3 percent plus or minus 10.7
- Owner occupied93 plus or minus 28
- Renter occupied11 plus or minus 7
- Ownership rate89.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$65,800 plus or minus $22,883
- Median gross rent, monthly$358 plus or minus $102
- Annual rent as a share of median income13.2 percent plus or minus 9.8
- Single family units106 plus or minus 31
- Share single family72.1 percent plus or minus 15.1
- Units in buildings of two or more18 plus or minus 16
- Share in buildings of two or more12.2 percent plus or minus 10.7
- Mobile homes23 plus or minus 13
- Median year structure built1960
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Westby gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute136 plus or minus 71
- Commuting under 15 minutes90 plus or minus 54
- Share commuting under 15 minutes66.2 percent plus or minus 19.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more9 plus or minus 13
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more6.6 percent plus or minus 9.1
- Drove alone81.6 percent plus or minus 23.2
- Carpooled3.7 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked14.7 percent plus or minus 13.4
- Worked from home0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Westby
SBA loans in Westby (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$175,000
- Average approval$175,000
- Median approval$175,000
- Largest approval$175,000
- Jobs supported5
- Jobs per approval5.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Westby, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Sheridan County, not Westby
Sheridan County context, not Westby figures
- Establishments in Sheridan County152
- Covered employment, Sheridan County1,276
- Average annual pay, Sheridan County$48,594
- Housing units permitted, Sheridan County0
Every figure in this section is published for Sheridan County as a whole and is not a measurement of Westby.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Westby questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Westby, Montana?
290, in 104 households. Westby town covers 0.56 square miles of land, which is 516 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Westby in?
Sheridan County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Westby?
$32,500. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $65,800. Median gross rent is $358 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Westby businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totaling $175,000 since FY2020, across 1 lenders, median approval $175,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Westby, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Westby borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Westby. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Westby figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Sheridan County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Westby.
Is zoning published for Westby?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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